Hat-holder.



E. J. MORIN.

HAT HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED D120. 27, 1910.

1,003,287. Patented Sept. 12,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. EDWARD J. .uoam. or mam/mama's.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. MORIN, a citizen of the United' States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bat and coat holders, and the object of theinvention is to provide a device of this class which is constructed of asingle strand of suitable resilient material and which has its upperextremity of a substantially yoke shape adapted to serve as a hatholder, and being further provided with a pair of depending arms havingtheir lower extremities hooked for the reception of a coat.

With the above, and other objects in View, which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel,

construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe device showing the same supporting a hat and a coat. Fig. 2 is asimilar viewof the device. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a slightlymodified form of the device.

The improved device is constructed of a single strand of suitableresilient metal, preferably of a circular cross sectional formation. Thewire forming the frame has its upper extremity U'shaped to provide ayoke 1. This yoke 1 has each of its sides formed of two strips of thewire, each spaced a suit able distance apart and having their lowerportions diverging toward and connected with the wire forming the yokeproper. This portion of the wire is wound around the yoke as designatedby the numeral 2 and the said strands are then continued downwardly inparallel relation with each other to form the arms 3. Each of these arms3 is coiled upon itself to provide loops 4 and these loops are adaptedto serve as means for forcing the yoke 1 tightly against the wall orother support to which it is attached. The arms 3 are provided below theloops 4 with suitable clips 5, the latter being provided with openingsadapted for the reception of retaining elements 6, such as screws or thelike. The arms below the clips 5 are each bent to form loops 7, the samebeing arranged at a diametrically opposite angle to the loops 4, and thesaid arms are thence continued downwardly a suitable distance and arebent out- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. Application filed December27, 1910.'

r ent d se a 12, 1911. Serial no. 599,356. v

wardly to provide oflset holding members 8 which are adapted to supportthe coat or clothing. Each of theatre-ads are t en ben rearwardly andcontinued vertically a parallel line with the arms 3, as designa ed bythe numeral 9, and the extremity of these upwardly extending members *9are bent to form hooks 10 which engage the loops 7. By this arrangement,it will be noted that when it is desired to securely retain a garr mentupon the device the hook 10 may be readily forced out of engagement withthe loop or eye 7 and the garment positioned upon the member 9. When thehook is again returned to its engaged position upon the loop or eye 7,the garment will be securely sustained upon the device and accidentalremoval of the said garment therefrom is revented. Itwill be furthernoted that should an unscrupulous person endeavor to remove the garmentfrom the said device the movement of the hook from the eye will requiresome little time as well as creating a slight noise due to the click ofthe hook when removed from the eye so that attention will be directedtoward the removal of the coat and the feat readily apprehended.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a substantially similar device to thatheretofore described except that the coat retaining members aredispensed with, the vertically extending arms 11 and 12 'bein providedwith loops 13 which are connected with the yoke 14, the same being of asize adapted to surround the crown of a hat and to be swung, through themedium of the loops 13 tightly against the brim of the hat to retain thesame upon a suitable support.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be noted that I have provided an extremely simple andeffective device for the purpose intended, andwhile I have illustratedand descrlbed the preferred embodiment of the improvement, as it nowappears to me, minor details of construction, withinv the scope of thefollowing claims may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is '1. Ina device of the class set forth, a member constructed of a single strandof resilient material comprising a yoke having oppositely arrangeddepending arms, each of said arms being formed with a loop, the

Said arms being further provided with eyes,

upon the retaining elements adapted to engage the eyes.

2. In a device of the class set forth, a holder constructed of a singlestrand of resilient material, said holder having its upper portionformed in the shape of a yoke, the resilient member comprising the saidyoke being bent upon itself to form the side arms of theyoke, of a pairof spaced members,

each of the strands comprisingthe side arms being bent over the yoke andcontinued downwardly in spaced relation with each other, the arms formedby this continued portion being bent upon themselves to form oppositelyarranged loops, the arms being further bent upon themselves to provideeyes arranged at a substantially right an le to the loops, said armsbein continued ownwardly and bent outwar 1y to provide retainingelements, the strands being then bent rearwardly and continued in aspaced parallel line with the arms, the extremit of these vextendingportions being curve to provide hooks adapted to engage the eyes of thearms, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. MORIN. Witnesses:

D. HALL, CHAS. D. Fun.

